diff --git a/backend/tests/admin.test.ts b/backend/tests/admin.test.ts
index 4b14cc1..cacc1ee 100644
--- a/backend/tests/admin.test.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/admin.test.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ describe("admin audit logs", () => {
   it("filters logs by user", async () => {
     const res = await request(app).get(`/api/admin/logs?user_id=${memberUserId}`).set(auth(adminToken));
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    expect((res.body as Array<{ user_id: string }>).every((l) => l.user_id === memberUserId)).toBe(true);
+    // Lists the offending entries, not just `false`, if this ever fails.
+    expect((res.body as Array<{ user_id: string }>).filter((l) => l.user_id !== memberUserId)).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index de494e4..6f2254c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -1463,7 +1463,24 @@
       "descriptionWrite": "Write",
       "descriptionPreview": "Preview",
       "descriptionPlaceholder": "Describe the model, print settings, assembly steps...",
-      "descriptionMarkdownHint": "Markdown supported: **bold**, *italic*, # headings, - lists, [links](https://…) and ![images](https://…)."
+      "descriptionMarkdownHint": "Formatted with Markdown. Images added by URL are saved with the model.",
+      "toolbar": {
+        "label": "Formatting",
+        "bold": "Bold",
+        "boldText": "bold text",
+        "italic": "Italic",
+        "italicText": "italic text",
+        "heading": "Heading",
+        "bulletList": "Bulleted list",
+        "numberedList": "Numbered list",
+        "quote": "Quote",
+        "code": "Code",
+        "codeText": "code",
+        "link": "Link",
+        "linkText": "link text",
+        "image": "Image from URL",
+        "imageText": "image"
+      }
     },
     "author": {
       "pageTitle": "Author",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/lt.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/lt.json
index 735f593..a3c3699 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/lt.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/lt.json
@@ -1466,7 +1466,24 @@
       "descriptionWrite": "Rašyti",
       "descriptionPreview": "Peržiūra",
       "descriptionPlaceholder": "Aprašykite modelį, spausdinimo nustatymus, surinkimo žingsnius...",
-      "descriptionMarkdownHint": "Palaikomas Markdown: **paryškinta**, *kursyvas*, # antraštės, - sąrašai, [nuorodos](https://…) ir ![paveikslėliai](https://…)."
+      "descriptionMarkdownHint": "Formatuojama Markdown. Pagal URL pridėti paveikslėliai išsaugomi kartu su modeliu.",
+      "toolbar": {
+        "label": "Formatavimas",
+        "bold": "Paryškinti",
+        "boldText": "paryškintas tekstas",
+        "italic": "Kursyvas",
+        "italicText": "kursyvinis tekstas",
+        "heading": "Antraštė",
+        "bulletList": "Sąrašas",
+        "numberedList": "Numeruotas sąrašas",
+        "quote": "Citata",
+        "code": "Kodas",
+        "codeText": "kodas",
+        "link": "Nuoroda",
+        "linkText": "nuorodos tekstas",
+        "image": "Paveikslėlis iš URL",
+        "imageText": "paveikslėlis"
+      }
     },
     "author": {
       "pageTitle": "Autorius",
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/ModelDetailPage/DescriptionEditor.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/ModelDetailPage/DescriptionEditor.tsx
index 4752905..0df0803 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/ModelDetailPage/DescriptionEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/ModelDetailPage/DescriptionEditor.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,35 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useRef, useState, type KeyboardEvent, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
 import Tabs from "@mui/material/Tabs";
 import Tab from "@mui/material/Tab";
 import TextField from "@mui/material/TextField";
 import Typography from "@mui/material/Typography";
+import IconButton from "@mui/material/IconButton";
+import Tooltip from "@mui/material/Tooltip";
+import Divider from "@mui/material/Divider";
+import FormatBoldIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FormatBold";
+import FormatItalicIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FormatItalic";
+import TitleIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Title";
+import FormatListBulletedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FormatListBulleted";
+import FormatListNumberedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FormatListNumbered";
+import FormatQuoteIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FormatQuote";
+import CodeIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Code";
+import InsertLinkIcon from "@mui/icons-material/InsertLink";
+import ImageOutlinedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ImageOutlined";
 import MarkdownDescription from "../../components/MarkdownDescription";
 import { dividerBorderColor } from "../../theme";
+import {
+  applyEdit,
+  insertImage,
+  insertLink,
+  toggleInline,
+  toggleLines,
+  type MarkdownEdit,
+  type Selection,
+} from "../../utils/markdownEdits";
+
+type Builder = (current: string, sel: Selection) => MarkdownEdit;
 
 type Props = {
   value: string;
@@ -14,10 +37,102 @@ type Props = {
   disabled?: boolean;
 };
 
-/** The description field: Markdown source, with a tab to preview it as the detail page shows it. */
+const isMac = typeof navigator !== "undefined" && /Mac|iPhone|iPad/.test(navigator.platform);
+const MOD = isMac ? "⌘" : "Ctrl+";
+
+/** The description field: Markdown source with a formatting toolbar, and a tab to preview it as
+ *  the detail page shows it. */
 export default function DescriptionEditor({ value, onChange, disabled }: Props) {
   const { t } = useTranslation("models");
   const [tab, setTab] = useState<"write" | "preview">("write");
+  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
+
+  const apply = (build: Builder) => {
+    const textarea = inputRef.current;
+    if (!textarea || disabled) return;
+    const edit = build(textarea.value, { start: textarea.selectionStart, end: textarea.selectionEnd });
+    const expected = applyEdit(textarea.value, edit);
+    textarea.focus();
+    textarea.setSelectionRange(edit.start, edit.end);
+    // Through the browser's own editing, so ⌘Z undoes it like typing; it fires the change event.
+    const applied = edit.insert
+      ? document.execCommand("insertText", false, edit.insert)
+      : document.execCommand("delete", false);
+    if (!applied || textarea.value !== expected) onChange(expected);
+    const select = () => textarea.setSelectionRange(edit.select.start, edit.select.end);
+    select();
+    // The fallback path re-renders before the new text is in place.
+    requestAnimationFrame(select);
+  };
+
+  const placeholders = { text: t("edit.toolbar.linkText"), url: "https://" };
+  const actions: { key: string; label: string; icon: ReactNode; edit: Builder; dividerBefore?: boolean }[] = [
+    {
+      key: "bold",
+      label: `${t("edit.toolbar.bold")} (${MOD}B)`,
+      icon: <FormatBoldIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleInline(v, s, "bold", t("edit.toolbar.boldText")),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "italic",
+      label: `${t("edit.toolbar.italic")} (${MOD}I)`,
+      icon: <FormatItalicIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleInline(v, s, "italic", t("edit.toolbar.italicText")),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "heading",
+      label: t("edit.toolbar.heading"),
+      icon: <TitleIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleLines(v, s, "heading"),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "bullet",
+      label: t("edit.toolbar.bulletList"),
+      icon: <FormatListBulletedIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleLines(v, s, "bullet"),
+      dividerBefore: true,
+    },
+    {
+      key: "numbered",
+      label: t("edit.toolbar.numberedList"),
+      icon: <FormatListNumberedIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleLines(v, s, "numbered"),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "quote",
+      label: t("edit.toolbar.quote"),
+      icon: <FormatQuoteIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleLines(v, s, "quote"),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "code",
+      label: t("edit.toolbar.code"),
+      icon: <CodeIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => toggleInline(v, s, "code", t("edit.toolbar.codeText")),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "link",
+      label: `${t("edit.toolbar.link")} (${MOD}K)`,
+      icon: <InsertLinkIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => insertLink(v, s, placeholders),
+      dividerBefore: true,
+    },
+    {
+      key: "image",
+      label: t("edit.toolbar.image"),
+      icon: <ImageOutlinedIcon fontSize="small" />,
+      edit: (v, s) => insertImage(v, s, { ...placeholders, text: t("edit.toolbar.imageText") }),
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (!(e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) || e.altKey || e.shiftKey) return;
+    const key = { b: "bold", i: "italic", k: "link" }[e.key.toLowerCase()];
+    const action = key && actions.find((a) => a.key === key);
+    if (!action) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    apply(action.edit);
+  };
 
   return (
     <Box>
@@ -31,19 +146,48 @@ export default function DescriptionEditor({ value, onChange, disabled }: Props)
         </Tabs>
       </Box>
       {tab === "write" ? (
-        <TextField
-          value={value}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
-          disabled={disabled}
-          fullWidth
-          multiline
-          minRows={6}
-          maxRows={20}
-          placeholder={t("edit.descriptionPlaceholder")}
-          helperText={t("edit.descriptionMarkdownHint")}
-          inputProps={{ "aria-label": t("detail.description") }}
-          sx={{ mt: 1, "& textarea": { fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: "0.85rem" } }}
-        />
+        <>
+          <Box
+            role="toolbar"
+            aria-label={t("edit.toolbar.label")}
+            sx={{ mt: 1, display: "flex", alignItems: "center", flexWrap: "wrap", gap: 0.25 }}
+          >
+            {actions.map((action) => [
+              action.dividerBefore && (
+                <Divider key={`${action.key}-divider`} orientation="vertical" flexItem sx={{ mx: 0.5, my: 0.75 }} />
+              ),
+              <Tooltip key={action.key} title={action.label}>
+                <span>
+                  <IconButton
+                    size="small"
+                    aria-label={action.label}
+                    disabled={disabled}
+                    // Keeps the textarea's selection: a focused button would take it.
+                    onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+                    onClick={() => apply(action.edit)}
+                  >
+                    {action.icon}
+                  </IconButton>
+                </span>
+              </Tooltip>,
+            ])}
+          </Box>
+          <TextField
+            value={value}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+            onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+            inputRef={inputRef}
+            disabled={disabled}
+            fullWidth
+            multiline
+            minRows={6}
+            maxRows={20}
+            placeholder={t("edit.descriptionPlaceholder")}
+            helperText={t("edit.descriptionMarkdownHint")}
+            inputProps={{ "aria-label": t("detail.description") }}
+            sx={{ mt: 0.5, "& textarea": { fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: "0.85rem" } }}
+          />
+        </>
       ) : (
         <Box
           sx={{
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/markdownEdits.test.ts b/frontend/src/utils/markdownEdits.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb488d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/markdownEdits.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  applyEdit,
+  insertImage,
+  insertLink,
+  toggleInline,
+  toggleLines,
+  type MarkdownEdit,
+  type Selection,
+} from "./markdownEdits";
+
+/** Writes a selection into the text as [ and ] markers (| for a caret) so results read at a glance. */
+function show(value: string, edit: MarkdownEdit): string {
+  const next = applyEdit(value, edit);
+  const { start, end } = edit.select;
+  if (start === end) return `${next.slice(0, start)}|${next.slice(start)}`;
+  return `${next.slice(0, start)}[${next.slice(start, end)}]${next.slice(end)}`;
+}
+
+/** The reverse of show: "a [b] c" is "a b c" with "b" selected. */
+function parse(marked: string): { value: string; sel: Selection } {
+  const caret = marked.indexOf("|");
+  if (caret !== -1) return { value: marked.replace("|", ""), sel: { start: caret, end: caret } };
+  const start = marked.indexOf("[");
+  const end = marked.indexOf("]") - 1;
+  return { value: marked.replace("[", "").replace("]", ""), sel: { start, end } };
+}
+
+describe("toggleInline", () => {
+  it("wraps the selection, keeping it selected", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("make [this] bold");
+    expect(show(value, toggleInline(value, sel, "bold", "bold text"))).toBe("make **[this]** bold");
+  });
+
+  it("unwraps a selection that is already wrapped", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("make **[this]** bold");
+    expect(show(value, toggleInline(value, sel, "bold", "bold text"))).toBe("make [this] bold");
+  });
+
+  it("inserts a selected placeholder at a caret", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("say |");
+    expect(show(value, toggleInline(value, sel, "italic", "italic text"))).toBe("say *[italic text]*");
+  });
+
+  it("doesn't mistake bold markers for italic ones", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("**[word]**");
+    expect(show(value, toggleInline(value, sel, "italic", "x"))).toBe("***[word]***");
+  });
+
+  it("fences a multi-line code selection", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("[a\nb]");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, toggleInline(value, sel, "code", "code"))).toBe("```\na\nb\n```");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("toggleLines", () => {
+  it("numbers every selected line, replacing bullets", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("intro\n[- one\n- two]\noutro");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, toggleLines(value, sel, "numbered"))).toBe("intro\n1. one\n2. two\noutro");
+  });
+
+  it("removes the prefix when every selected line has it, skipping blank lines", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("[> a\n\n> b]");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, toggleLines(value, sel, "quote"))).toBe("a\n\nb");
+  });
+
+  it("turns the caret's line into a heading and keeps the caret at its end", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("Ti|tle\nbody");
+    expect(show(value, toggleLines(value, sel, "heading"))).toBe("## Title|\nbody");
+  });
+
+  it("doesn't take in the line after a selection ending in a newline", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("[a\n]b");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, toggleLines(value, sel, "bullet"))).toBe("- a\nb");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("insertLink and insertImage", () => {
+  const placeholders = { text: "link text", url: "https://" };
+
+  it("makes selected text a link and selects the URL to type", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("see [the guide]");
+    const edit = insertLink(value, sel, placeholders);
+    expect(applyEdit(value, edit)).toBe("see [the guide](https://)");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, edit).slice(edit.select.start, edit.select.end)).toBe("https://");
+  });
+
+  it("makes a selected URL the link target and selects the text to type", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("[https://example.com]");
+    const edit = insertLink(value, sel, placeholders);
+    expect(applyEdit(value, edit)).toBe("[link text](https://example.com)");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, edit).slice(edit.select.start, edit.select.end)).toBe("link text");
+  });
+
+  it("puts an image on its own line", () => {
+    const { value, sel } = parse("before|after");
+    const edit = insertImage(value, sel, { text: "image", url: "https://" });
+    expect(applyEdit(value, edit)).toBe("before\n\n![image](https://)\n\nafter");
+    expect(applyEdit(value, edit).slice(edit.select.start, edit.select.end)).toBe("https://");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/markdownEdits.ts b/frontend/src/utils/markdownEdits.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..106d427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/markdownEdits.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+// Toolbar and shortcut edits for a Markdown textarea. Each returns the range of the current text
+// to replace, what to put there, and what to select afterwards, so the caller can apply it as a
+// single undoable edit.
+
+export type Selection = { start: number; end: number };
+
+export type MarkdownEdit = {
+  /** Range of the current text to replace. */
+  start: number;
+  end: number;
+  insert: string;
+  /** Selection in the resulting text. */
+  select: Selection;
+};
+
+export type InlineStyle = "bold" | "italic" | "code";
+export type LineStyle = "heading" | "bullet" | "numbered" | "quote";
+
+const INLINE_MARKERS: Record<InlineStyle, string> = { bold: "**", italic: "*", code: "`" };
+
+/** Wraps the selection in the style's marker, or unwraps it when it already has it. */
+export function toggleInline(value: string, sel: Selection, style: InlineStyle, placeholder: string): MarkdownEdit {
+  const selected = value.slice(sel.start, sel.end);
+  if (style === "code" && selected.includes("\n")) return codeBlock(sel, selected);
+  const marker = INLINE_MARKERS[style];
+  const m = marker.length;
+
+  // Markers just outside the selection, but not part of a longer run (italic inside **bold**).
+  const before = value.slice(sel.start - m, sel.start);
+  const after = value.slice(sel.end, sel.end + m);
+  const runBefore = value[sel.start - m - 1] === marker[0];
+  const runAfter = value[sel.end + m] === marker[0];
+  if (before === marker && after === marker && !runBefore && !runAfter) {
+    const start = sel.start - m;
+    return { start, end: sel.end + m, insert: selected, select: { start, end: start + selected.length } };
+  }
+  if (selected.length >= 2 * m && selected.startsWith(marker) && selected.endsWith(marker)) {
+    const inner = selected.slice(m, -m);
+    return { ...sel, insert: inner, select: { start: sel.start, end: sel.start + inner.length } };
+  }
+  const text = selected || placeholder;
+  return {
+    ...sel,
+    insert: `${marker}${text}${marker}`,
+    select: { start: sel.start + m, end: sel.start + m + text.length },
+  };
+}
+
+function codeBlock(sel: Selection, selected: string): MarkdownEdit {
+  const insert = `\`\`\`\n${selected.replace(/\n$/, "")}\n\`\`\``;
+  return { ...sel, insert, select: { start: sel.start + 4, end: sel.start + insert.length - 4 } };
+}
+
+const LINE_PREFIX: Record<LineStyle, RegExp> = {
+  heading: /^#{1,6} /,
+  bullet: /^[-*+] /,
+  numbered: /^\d+\. /,
+  quote: /^> ?/,
+};
+// Switching between list kinds replaces the other kind's marker instead of stacking both.
+const ANY_LIST_PREFIX = /^([-*+]|\d+\.) /;
+
+/** Adds the style's prefix to every selected line, or removes it when all of them have it. */
+export function toggleLines(value: string, sel: Selection, style: LineStyle): MarkdownEdit {
+  const start = value.lastIndexOf("\n", sel.start - 1) + 1;
+  // A selection ending right after a newline doesn't take in the next line.
+  const endFrom = sel.end > sel.start && value[sel.end - 1] === "\n" ? sel.end - 1 : sel.end;
+  const newline = value.indexOf("\n", endFrom);
+  const end = newline === -1 ? value.length : newline;
+  const lines = value.slice(start, end).split("\n");
+
+  const prefix = LINE_PREFIX[style];
+  const content = lines.filter((line) => line.trim());
+  const remove = content.length > 0 && content.every((line) => prefix.test(line));
+  let number = 0;
+  const next = lines.map((line) => {
+    if (remove) return line.replace(prefix, "");
+    if (!line.trim() && lines.length > 1) return line;
+    const bare = style === "bullet" || style === "numbered" ? line.replace(ANY_LIST_PREFIX, "") : line;
+    const stripped = bare.replace(prefix, "");
+    if (style === "heading") return `## ${stripped}`;
+    if (style === "bullet") return `- ${stripped}`;
+    if (style === "numbered") return `${++number}. ${stripped}`;
+    return `> ${stripped}`;
+  });
+  const insert = next.join("\n");
+  const caretOnly = sel.start === sel.end && lines.length === 1;
+  return {
+    start,
+    end,
+    insert,
+    select: caretOnly
+      ? { start: start + insert.length, end: start + insert.length }
+      : { start, end: start + insert.length },
+  };
+}
+
+/** `[text](url)`, selecting whichever part still needs typing. */
+export function insertLink(value: string, sel: Selection, placeholders: { text: string; url: string }): MarkdownEdit {
+  return linkLike(value, sel, "", placeholders);
+}
+
+/** `![alt](url)` on its own line, with the URL selected for pasting. */
+export function insertImage(value: string, sel: Selection, placeholders: { text: string; url: string }): MarkdownEdit {
+  const edit = linkLike(value, sel, "!", placeholders);
+  const lead = sel.start > 0 && value[sel.start - 1] !== "\n" ? "\n\n" : "";
+  const trail = sel.end < value.length && value[sel.end] !== "\n" ? "\n\n" : "";
+  return {
+    ...edit,
+    insert: `${lead}${edit.insert}${trail}`,
+    select: { start: edit.select.start + lead.length, end: edit.select.end + lead.length },
+  };
+}
+
+function linkLike(
+  value: string,
+  sel: Selection,
+  bang: string,
+  placeholders: { text: string; url: string },
+): MarkdownEdit {
+  const selected = value.slice(sel.start, sel.end).trim();
+  const isUrl = /^https?:\/\/\S+$/i.test(selected);
+  const text = isUrl ? placeholders.text : selected || placeholders.text;
+  const url = isUrl ? selected : placeholders.url;
+  const insert = `${bang}[${text}](${url})`;
+  const textStart = sel.start + bang.length + 1;
+  const urlStart = textStart + text.length + 2;
+  // A selected URL still needs its text; anything else needs its URL.
+  const select = isUrl
+    ? { start: textStart, end: textStart + text.length }
+    : { start: urlStart, end: urlStart + url.length };
+  return { ...sel, insert, select };
+}
+
+/** The text after applying an edit. */
+export function applyEdit(value: string, edit: MarkdownEdit): string {
+  return value.slice(0, edit.start) + edit.insert + value.slice(edit.end);
+}